BAPTISIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BAPTISIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAPTISIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAPTISIA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAPTISIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
baptisiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAPTISIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BAPTISIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAPTISIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAPTISIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A North American plant of the legume family, grown for its spikes of showy pea-like flowers and inflated seed pods.
Gardeners value baptisia as a long-lived perennial that needs little care once established. Its blue, yellow or white flower spikes appear in early summer, and the dried pods rattle in autumn.
How BAPTISIA is used
Baptisia is both a genus name and the everyday word gardeners use for its members.
- A clump of blue baptisia anchored the back of the border.
- The baptisia seed pods turned black and rattled in the wind.
- Plant baptisia where it can stay put for many years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAPTISIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAPTISIA
1 longer words begin with BAPTISIA.
Shorter words from the letters in BAPTISIA
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Common questions about BAPTISIA
- Is BAPTISIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAPTISIA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAPTISIA worth?
- BAPTISIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAPTISIA mean?
- A North American plant of the legume family, grown for its spikes of showy pea-like flowers and inflated seed pods.
- What letters can be added to BAPTISIA?
- BAPTISIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BAPTISIA:
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